I heard this said by a preacher recently, “Let go or be dragged”. It conjured up such a visual for me that I don’t recall his point. My mind wandered.
I picture myself hanging on to the bumper of an old speeding car – watching my shoes disintegrate as we scrape the road. Knowing that my very skin will be next, and the gravel will consume me if I don’t let go. Holding on so tightly to a habit, a memory, a person, a dream, the past – that bumper represents something, and so I am dragged. I am tired and this keeps hurting, but I am afraid to let go, to be left all alone in an empty place. Just me and the unknown.
Finally I do let go. I fall into whatever is waiting. I am on a deserted road that is completely unfamiliar yet looks exactly like every other deserted road I’ve ever imagined. I get up and walk alone. I may walk a very long way before I meet another soul on this road. I am going to be lonely and at times afraid. I still may not be safe. Who knows what there is to find on a deserted road alone? Maybe I shouldn’t have…..
Too late for regrets, the speeding car is completely out of view now – just a little dust. But I am finding that there is power in my solitude – I am now in charge of my steps.
I am no longer at the mercy of the rusty bolts of a bumper – on an old car carrying baggage better lost. I’ve got some scars and some fear, and I will need time to heal, but, my future is back in my hands. I am no longer being dragged.
We cannot survive being dragged through life. At some point we have to let go and let God. Lose the luggage, forgive the wrongs, take a stand, go for the dream – just let go of that bumper! We have to be brave enough to get hurt again, brave enough to explore new surroundings and learn that the letting go where and when we did it was exactly as it was supposed to be.
We’re all holding on to some bumpers in this life, but what are we flying by right now that may be well worth letting go to find? If we let go today, where might we find ourselves? Growth is imminent on a deserted road to somewhere.
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